I want to do what I can to make the law make sense to citizens and businesses alike. I want the laws to assist them in worthwhile endeavors, not to stand as bureaucratic obstacles.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.
I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
You let Congress make the laws. You work with the Congress as the president to make sure that those laws are accurate and to the best of our ability, but you don't turn it over to the federal judges to make those laws.
I just want everybody to follow the law.
Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.
I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America.
Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change people's ways. If you must change them, you have to understand that it will take a long time.
My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the people's representatives.
You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws.